HP Color LaserJet 3800n User Manual

							2 Control panel
This chapter contains information about the printer control panel, which provides controls for printer
functions and communicates information about the printer and print jobs.
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Control-panel overview
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Using the control-panel menus
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Retrieve Job menu
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Information menu
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Paper Handling menu
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Configure Device menu
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Diagnostics menu
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Changing printer control-pa nel configuration settings
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Using the printer control panel in shared environments
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							Control-panel overview
The control panel provides controls for printer functions and shows messages about the printer, print
jobs, and supplies status.
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Figure 2-1  Control panel buttons and lights
NumberButton or lightFunction
1Stop  buttonHalts the current job, presents a choice to resume or cancel the
current print job, clears media from the printer, and clears any
continuable errors that are associated with the halted job. If the printer
is not printing a job, pressing  Stop pauses the printer.
2Menu buttonOpens and closes menus.
3Ready lightIndicates that the printer is online or offline. See Control-panelindicator lights .
4Data lightIndicates whether or not the printer is receiving data. See Control-
panel indicator lights .
5Attention lightIndicates that a critical error has occurred. See Control-panelindicator lights.
6Back arrow () buttonNavigates backward in nested menus.
7Up arrow () buttonNavigates menus and text, and increases the values of numerical
items in the display.
8Select () buttonMakes selections, resumes printing after continuable errors, and
overrides a non-HP print cartridge.
9Help () buttonProvides detailed information about printer messages or menus.
10Down arrow () buttonNavigates menus and text, and decr eases the values of numerical
items in the display.
11Supplies gaugeShows the print cartridge-consumption levels. See Display.
12DisplayShows status information, menus, help information, and error
messages. See Display .
The printer communicates through the display and the lights on the lower part of the control panel. The
display shows status information, as well as menus, help information, and error messages. The Ready,
Data, and Attention lights provide at-a-glance information about the printer state.
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							You can perform most routine printing tasks from the computer through th e printer driver or any software
program. Use the control panel to access printer features not supported by the printer driver or software
program. Any changes that  you make from the computer will overri de the printer control-panel settings.
For information about using the printer driver, see 
Printer software.
Control-panel indicator lights
IndicatorOnOffFlashing
Ready
(green)Printer is online (can accept
and process data).Printer is offline (paused), or
is turned off.Printer is attempting to stop
printing and go offline. This
usually results from a users
request to pause the current
job.
Data
(green)Processed data is present in
the printer, but more data is
needed to complete the job, or
the job is paused or waiting for
errors to be cleared.Printer is not processing or
receiving data.Printer is processing and
receiving data.
Attention
(amber) A critical error has occurred.
Printer requires attention.
No conditions exist that
require attention.An error has occurred. Printer
requires attention.
Display
The printer display gives you complete, timely info
rmation about the printer and print jobs. Graphics
illustrate levels of supplies. Menus provide access to printer functions and detailed information.
The top-level screen on the display has two areas: message/prompt and supplies gauge.
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3
Figure 2-2   Printer display
1Message/prompt area
2Supplies gauge
3Print cartridge colors from left to right: black, yellow, cyan, and magenta
The message and prompt areas of the display alert  you to the state of the printer and tell you how to
respond.
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							The supplies gauge shows the consumption levels of print cartridges (black, cyan, magenta, and yellow).
When a non-HP print cartridge is installed, a ?  might appear instead of the consumption level. The
supplies gauge appears whenever the printer shows the  Ready state, and whenever the printer shows
a warning or error message concerning a cartridge.
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							Using the control-panel menus
To gain access to the control-panel menus, complete the steps below.
To use the menus
1.Press  Menu.
2. Press 
 or  to navigate the listings.
3. Press 
 to select the appropriate option.
4. Press 
 to return to the previous level.
5. Press  Menu to exit the menu.
6. Press 
 to see additional information about a menu.
The main menus are shown in the table below.
Main menus RETRIEVE JOB (HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers
only)
INFORMATION
PAPER HANDLING
CONFIGURE DEVICE
DIAGNOSTICS
SERVICE
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							Retrieve Job menu
NOTEThis feature is available for  the HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800 Series printers only.
NOTEThis menu appears only if the printer has a hard disk installed.
Use the RETRIEVE JOB  menu to print or delete stored jobs from the control panel.
Menu itemValueDescription
 ALL PRIVATE JOBS
ALL PRIVATE JOBS  appears if you have more than one
stored job protected by a per sonal identification number
(PIN).
  will be the name assigned to the print job when
you sent it from your computer.
Once you have selected a print job, you can print or delete it.
For more information about stored jobs, see Managing stored jobs .
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							Information menu
Use the INFORMATION  menu to gain access to and prin t specific printer information.
Sub-menuDescription
PRINT MENU MAPPrints the control-panel menu map, which s hows the layout and current settings of the
control-panel menu items. See 
Using printer information pages .
PRINT CONFIGURATIONPrints the printer configuration page.
PRINT SUPPLIES STATUS PAGEPrints information about toner level, page count, and estimated pages remaining.
SUPPLIES STATUSShows the supplies status in a scrollable list.
PRINT USAGE PAGE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only)Prints a count of all media sizes that have passed through the printer; lists whether they
were one-sided (simplex) , 2-sided (duplex),  monochrome (black and white), or color;
and reports the page count.
PRINT COLOR USAGE JOB LOG
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only)Prints a report that shows the user name, application name and color usage information
on a job-by-job basis.
PRINT DEMOPrints a demonstration page.
PRINT RGB SAMPLESPrints an RGB color palette that can be used for color matching.
PRINT CMYK SAMPLES
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only)Prints a CMYK color palette that can be used for color matching.
PRINT FILE DIRECTORY
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only)Prints the names and directory of files stored in the printer.
PRINT PCL FONT LIST
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only)Prints the available PCL fonts.
PRINT PS FONT LIST
(HP Color LaserJet 3000 and 3800
Series printers only) Prints the available PS (emulated PostScript) fonts.
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							Paper Handling menu
Use the PAPER HANDLING  menu to configure trays by size and type.
NOTETo configure the trays correctly, use this  menu before you print for the first time.
Menu itemValueDescription
TRAY 1 SIZEA list of available sizes
appears.Configures the paper size for tray 1. The default is  ANY SIZE. See Supported
media sizes  for a complete list of available sizes.
TRAY 1 TYPEA list of available types
appears.Configures the paper type for tray 1. The default is  ANY TYPE. See Supported
media sizes  for a complete list of available types.
TRAY 2 SIZE
TRAY 3 SIZEA list of available sizes
appears.Configures the paper size for tray 2 or tray 3. The default size is letter or A4,
depending on the country/region. See 
Supported media sizes  for a complete
list of available sizes.
TRAY 2 TYPE
TRAY 3 TYPE A list of available types
appears.
Configures the paper type for tray 2 or tray 3. The default is 
PLAIN. See
Supported media sizes for a complete list of available types.
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							Configure Device menu
Use the CONFIGURE DEVICE  menu to change or reset the default print settings, to adjust the print
quality, and to change the system c onfiguration and I/O options. The five  CONFIGURE DEVICE sub-
menus are described in the sections below.
Printing sub-menu
These settings affect only jobs that do not have id entified properties. Most jobs identify all of the
properties and override the values that are set from  this menu. This menu can also be used to set the
default paper size and type.
Menu itemValuesDescription
COPIES1-32,000Sets the default number of copies. The default number of copies is  1.
DEFAULT PAPER
SIZEA list of available sizes
appears.Sets the default paper size.
DEFAULT CUSTOM
PAPER SIZEUNIT OF MEASURE
X DIMENSION
Y DIMENSIONSets the default size for any custom  job without dimensions. Available
for tray 1.
DUPLEX
(HP Color LaserJet
3000dn, 3000dtn,
3600dn, 3800dn, and
3800dtn printers only)OFF
ONEnables or disables the duplex func tion (automatic 2-sided printing).
The default is OFF . You can override this setting in the printer driver.
DUPLEX BINDING
(HP Color LaserJet
3000dn, 3000dtn,
3600dn, 3800dn, and
3800dtn printers only)LONG EDGE
SHORT EDGEDefines whether a duplex job will be flipped on the long edge or the short
edge. You can override this setting in the printer driver.
OVERRIDE A4/
LETTERNO
YESSets the printer to print an A4 job on letter-size paper when no A4 paper
is loaded, or to print a letter-size job on A4 when no letter-size paper is
loaded. The default is  NO.
MANUAL FEEDOFF
ONThe default is  OFF. Setting it to ON  makes MANUAL FEED  the default
for jobs that do not select a tray. You can override this setting in the
printer driver.
COURIER FONT
(HP Color LaserJet
3000 and 3800 Series
printers only).REGULAR
DARKSelects a version of the Courier font. The default is  REGULAR.
WIDE A4
(HP Color LaserJet
3000 and 3800 Series
printers only)NO
YESSets the printable area of A4 paper so that eighty 10-pitch characters
can be printed on a single line. The default is  NO.
PRINT PS ERRORS
(HP Color LaserJet
3000 and 3800 Series
printers only) OFF
ON
Select 
ON to print emulated PostScript (PS) error pages. The default
is  OFF .
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							Menu itemValuesDescription
PRINT PDF ERRORS
(HP Color LaserJet
3000 and 3800 Series
printers only)OFF
ONSelect ON to print portable document format (PDF) error pages. The
default is  OFF.
PCL FORM LENGTH
ORIENTATION
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT SOURCE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT NUMBER
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT PITCH
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
FONT POINT SIZE
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
SYMBOL SET
APPEND CR TO LF
SUPPRESS BLANK
PAGES
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only)
MEDIA SOURCE
MAPPING
(HP Color LaserJet 3000
and 3800 Series printers
only) Configures settings for the printer control language.
FORM LENGTH
 sets the number of lines per page. The default is  60.
ORIENTATION  determines long-edge versus short-edge page layout.
The default is  PORTRAIT.
FONT SOURCE  selects the source of the font used on the printer control
panel. The default is INTERNAL . FONT NUMBER  is the number of the
font you select. If this font is a contour font, use  FONT PITCH to set the
pitch of a fixed-space font. The default is  10.00.
FONT POINT SIZE  sets the size of fixed-space fonts. The default font
is 12 points.
SYMBOL SET  sets the symbol set used by the printer control panel.
The default is  PC-8.
APPEND CR TO LF  sets whether a carriage return is appended to each
line feed in a backward-compatible PCL job. The default is  NO.
SUPPRESS BLANK PAGES sets whether jobs using PCL that include
blank form feeds will automatically suppress the blank pages.  YES
indicates that form feeds will  be ignored if the page is blank.
The PCL5 MEDIA SOURCE MAPPING  command selects an input tray
by a number that maps to  the various available trays.
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